MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 39.04,-95.63 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 104 SFC 976 318 26.9 21.0 70 5.9 22.7 120 1 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.2 16.25 2 950 556 26.4 17.6 59 8.8 20.3 189 4 303.9 306.4 295.3 343.9 13.45 3 900 1031 22.4 16.2 68 6.1 18.2 224 6 304.5 307.0 295.1 343.3 12.99 4 850 1525 18.3 14.8 80 3.6 16.0 263 9 305.3 307.7 295.0 342.8 12.53 5 800 2043 14.5 12.1 85 2.4 12.9 276 16 306.6 308.7 294.3 340.1 11.12 6 750 2586 10.6 9.1 90 1.5 9.6 277 20 308.0 309.9 293.7 337.5 9.70 7 700 3158 7.4 -1.7 52 9.1 2.7 295 26 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.81 8 650 3763 4.2 -17.2 19 21.4 -3.6 307 28 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.8 1.53 9 600 4410 1.3 -24.9 12 26.1 -6.7 319 27 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.85 10 550 5105 -2.7 -32.9 8 30.2 -10.1 322 26 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.5 0.44 11 500 5853 -7.7 -33.2 11 25.5 -13.5 323 26 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.3 0.47 12 450 6661 -14.0 -33.9 17 19.9 -18.1 318 25 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.48 13 400 7544 -20.3 -36.5 22 16.2 -23.1 314 28 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 14 350 8519 -27.5 -44.9 17 17.5 -29.4 312 32 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.20 15 300 9607 -36.4 -47.1 32 10.7 -37.3 308 33 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10844 -46.2 -56.7 29 10.5 -46.6 303 38 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12294 -55.0 -64.8 29 9.8 -55.2 305 51 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14109 -60.0 -77.8 8 17.8 -60.2 310 63 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16616 -63.6 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.7 306 26 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.23 m Freezing level: 584.12 mb = 4630.98 m = 15193.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.35 mb = 3414.54 m = 11202.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.41 mb = 1074.81 m = 3526.25 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 31.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1947.42 m = 6389.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1193.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.02 mb = 1666.81 m = 5468.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.02 mb = 2244.72 m = 7364.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.02 mb = 12260.43 m = 40224.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1177.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.02 mb = 14944.90 m = 49031.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 18.84 Bulk Shear: 63.36 m/s